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Re:Fossil fuels fall below 50% of US electricity for the fir... by SOLAR_FIELDS on Monday April 21, 2025 @02:48PM (#43755153)
And honestly 85% would be pretty damn good all by itself. That would significantly stem the bleeding and give time to address the long tail
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Re:Fossil fuels fall below 50% of US electricity for the fir... by AlecSchueler on Monday April 21, 2025 @03:36PM (#43755598)
I thought we were past the stem the bleeding point?
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Re:Fossil fuels fall below 50% of US electricity for the fir... by datadrivenangel on Monday April 21, 2025 @04:11PM (#43755934)
There are reasons to be optimistic!

Lots of bad things will happen from climate change, but we can mitigate the impact of many of those issues.

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Re:Fossil fuels fall below 50% of US electricity for the fir... by Teever on Monday April 21, 2025 @05:48PM (#43756885)
How many people do you think are going to die painful deaths because of climate change?
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Re:Fossil fuels fall below 50% of US electricity for the fir... by bryanlarsen on Monday April 21, 2025 @09:56PM (#43758409)
IPCC estimates are about a quarter of a million excess deaths per year.
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Re:Fossil fuels fall below 50% of US electricity for the fir... by kelseyfrog on Friday April 25, 2025 @06:23PM (#43799047)
Yes, but GP asked, how many of those are painful?
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